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Episodes doesn't appear unless a specific type of naming format is already used. #1356

Open 5abred opened 3 years ago

5abred commented 3 years ago

Describe the bug when importing a TV show if the files inside the tv show folder aren't already named S.E format, then the episode won't get imported under the Show name.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: if I add a source where my tv show is residing and the episodes are named (Episode1, Episode 2 ..etc) or (1,2,3...) the Series doesn't show the available episodes in the folder I'll need to rename them according to this format and this format only in order to appear.

Expected behavior It should read the numbering, present the available episodes regardless of the current numbering format, and then rename them according to my needed format later.

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MediaElch Version: 2.8.12 "Coridian"

Operating System: Windows

ticao2 commented 3 years ago

I'm not sure but I think MediaElch follows Kodi's rules.
https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/Episodes
I don't know if MediaElch supports ALL formats that Kodi supports.
@bugwelle can clarify better.

5abred commented 3 years ago

If that's the case then this should be changed to feature request, since it's would be convenient for MediaElch to read numbering of any kind and template, for example not every download is gonna follow kodi template, it migh be named (title {episode #} so it's better for it to read the number and follow that and then allow MediaElch to rename it accordingly. @bugwelle please can you reopen the issue or update it, I closed it by mistake.

samtimes1 commented 2 years ago

I am not 100% sure, but I think I have a similar problem. But Mediaelch also doesn't find my Episodes when I rename them. They just do not appear. The debug log also sheds no light on this unfortunately... This might be a related issue: https://github.com/Komet/MediaElch/issues/1028

EDIT: This is not a new issue, I first noticed it a couple of months ago but had no time to investigate. I use this build: https://mediaelch-downloads.ameyering.de/snapshots/Windows/MediaElch_win_2.8.13-dev_2021-11-21_15-17_git-master-9916e876.zip on Windows 10

bugwelle commented 2 years ago

Hi there,

sorry for the really late reply, but I was writing my Master thesis for the past few months and didn't have any time for MediaElch. :)

The issue is that MediaElch can't check for all numbers as that would lead to false positives. Many users encode the video resolutionn in the file name, etc.

But I could extend the current implementation to also cover different naming conventions. For that I'd need the file names that you used.

An "import episode" feature would definitely be useful, but I don't have time for that in the near future. :)

Regards, Andre

samtimes1 commented 2 years ago

First of all: I hope the thesis went well :)

I think I didn't explain the issue sufficiently. If I rename the file to "s01e01.mp4" and place it into "tvshows/sampleshow" then MediaElch finds "Sampleshow" but shows 0 new episodes. If I do the same with a file that MediaElch finds in other places and with other names, it works without any issues.

Is there anything I could provide, so you could replicate the issue?

ticao2 commented 2 years ago

Maybe it's not a problem to be able to read the episode filename.
I think the Season folder is missing.
TV Shows ..........SampleShow01 ....................Season01 ..............................s01e01.mp4 ..............................s01e02.mp4 ..............................s01e03.mp4

samtimes1 commented 2 years ago

No. As I said, with other videofiles it works. It has nothing to do with the filename or the directories. I don't understand this issue as the debug log is the same if I use files that are found or file that are not.

Mediaelch finds videos when they are in the directory of the show. New files don't need to be in a season directory.

bugwelle commented 2 years ago

First of all: I hope the thesis went well :)

Yes, thanks for asking :smile:

I think I didn't explain the issue sufficiently. If I rename the file to "s01e01.mp4" and place it into "tvshows/sampleshow" then MediaElch finds "Sampleshow" but shows 0 new episodes. If I do the same with a file that MediaElch finds in other places and with other names, it works without any issues.

Is there anything I could provide, so you could replicate the issue?

Thanks for your answer. Do you have an advancedsettings.xml file? If so, could you paste the contents here? If not, that's fine as well.

Could you paste the contents of the Developer information here? See https://mediaelch.github.io/mediaelch-doc/contributing/bug-reports.html#developer-information

And could you still describe your directory layout? It may not seem like it, but it may be a reason nothing shows up.

Mediaelch finds videos when they are in the directory of the show. New files don't need to be in a season directory.

I'm not sure that's intended and will have to check. :)

Regards, Andre

mdkberry commented 8 months ago

old issue but I was running into this with the latest version on windows.

I found if I add the year in brackets then it finds them.

I have things like "\Sid Vicious - Various Videos" in a "\Docuseries" folder and MediaElch was not picking up some of the videos inside it when the top folder is treated as tv show folder.

When I added the year into the name it seems to be happy then:

e.g. "Deaths of Sid and Nancy Leave Many Unanswered Questions, 40 Years Later [Z9tJUvI6uHQ].mp4" change the name to "Deaths of Sid and Nancy Leave Many Unanswered Questions, 40 Years Later (2018) [Z9tJUvI6uHQ].mp4" and it seems to find them